Generally, for locations that include L2 charging installed alongside the superchargers, the property business is responsible for the electricity on the L2s. Tesla does throw in the hardware and installation for free, though. A possible exception where Tesla would pay for the L2 electricity may be in instances where the superchargers are on publicly owned lands/lots, access being granted by the local government, and they require universally accessible charging in some respect to be part of the agreement.
Vancouver WA Supercharger (New! Vancouver Mall)
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1965Falcon
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28 amps? Odd choice for output. Although there looks to be quite a bit of voltage drop even at that low setting so maybe they had to have it set to that to avoid issues.
Then again 28amps at 240v works out to 6,720 watts on paper. That's about the same as 32amps at 208v (6,656 watts). 208v is more typical in a commercial setting like a mall, so I'm surprised these are 240.
/edit. Although your battery is almost completely full in that image. Full to the point where even on AC charging you might be into the taper, hence the lower power setting.
Then again 28amps at 240v works out to 6,720 watts on paper. That's about the same as 32amps at 208v (6,656 watts). 208v is more typical in a commercial setting like a mall, so I'm surprised these are 240.
/edit. Although your battery is almost completely full in that image. Full to the point where even on AC charging you might be into the taper, hence the lower power setting.
The L2 chargers get their power from the supercharger installation which is 480Y/277V, not from the general mall service. So, I assume they have their own step down transformer as part of that to provide 240. Otherwise, it would have been 277V, which Teslas can take--but don't really love--and, so far as I know, every other make can't. So, since they had to step down anyway, no reason to have 208V.
Stopped by twice yesterday on a day trip down and back up between Seattle and Portland. I was able to get up to 179kW. Only 2 of us supercharging, and another 2 on the destination chargers.
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Ok so quick question. I stopped there yesterday and did my first supercharge and noticed a bunch of the L2 chargers next to the superchargers. Those are the destination chargers? Are those free or is there a cost for those ad well?
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Free, but slower. Theory is you plug in while shopping or at a movie.
pdx_m3s
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Stopped here yesterday, which was actually my first Supercharger experience. Everything worked.
